Monthly Archives: November 2010

Olympus files a patent for weird ultra wide external viewfinder/eyewear

By PR admin | Published: November 25, 2010

Olympus filed a patent for an ultra wide external viewfinder/eyewear display:

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Samsung’s new NX lens roadmap

By PR admin | Published: November 24, 2010

In addition to the 2011 roadmap, there is a new Samsung NX lens roadmap till the year 2013:     2011: 18-200mm f/3.5-6.5 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5 16mm f/2.8 pancake 60mm f/2.8 macro 85mm f/1.4 2012: 12-24mm f/4 75-300mm f/4-5.6 35mm f/1.4 50mm f/1.4 135mm f/2

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Black Friday deals and rebates *UPDATED*

By PR admin | Published: November 22, 2010

In the US, Black Friday is a made up shopping day where retailers provide discounts in order to generate hype (and sales). Some of the Black Friday deals are already ongoing: Calumet now has a new coupon: use “BLACKFRIDAY” to save up to $100: B&H Holidays Offers: Black Friday preview at Adorama: Amazon will be adding new deals every […]

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Canon files a patent for a 600mm f/5.6 lens

By PR admin | Published: November 22, 2010

Canon’s patent JPO 2010-145832 is for a 600mm f/5.6 lens: 600mm f/5.6 lens patent details: Focal distance 582.48 F number 5.85 Field angle 2.13 Image height 21.64 Whole-length-of-the-lens 346.68

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Pentax got a new 25mm f/4 wide angle lens for their medium format 645D camera

By PR admin | Published: November 21, 2010

TOP interviewed Ned Bunnell (President of Pentax USA) and here are the highlights: Pentax has no plans to discontinue the 31mm, 43mm and 77mm FA Limited lenses. Pentax will start shipping a new wide angle D-FA 645 25mm f/4 lens in early 2011 (for the medium format 645D camera). Apparently this lens was announced at Photokina, but Pentax forgot to tell […]

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Just few interesting links

By PR admin | Published: November 20, 2010

External LED iFlash for your iPhone: The Contax brand name will be released from Kyocera this year. Will the Contax camera come back to life? New Panasonic firmware update for DMC-G2 makes the camera compatible with the 3D interchangeable lens (H-FT012). Sony released a firmware that will add AF support to A-mount lenses when used […]

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Samsung got balls

By PR admin | Published: November 19, 2010

In an interview with AP, Samsung’s vice president of camera business Jeong Wook Kim said that Samsung is “determined” to be #1 in the mirrorless camera market by 2012 and be “the best selling camera brand” by 2015. “We are passionate about making a success of the NX system, and we are certain that the […]

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Video shot with the new Sony PMW-F3 Super 35mm digital motion picture camcorder

By PR admin | Published: November 17, 2010

This video is taken with the Sony PMW-F3 Super 35mm digital motion picture camcorder that was announced few days ago. Currently, there are only three pre-production versions of this cameras in the world: compulsion – teaser from Jason Wingrove on Vimeo.

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MIT camera can take pictures around corners

By PR admin | Published: November 17, 2010

Interesting news reported by BBC – MIT created a camera that can produce an image of an object that is not directly visible by sending a laser beam and creating an image from the  bounced light of the object: “The prototype uses an ultra-short high-intensity burst of laser light to illuminate a scene. The device constructs a basic […]

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Sony announces the development of NXCAM HD camcorder with E mount

By PR admin | Published: November 16, 2010

Sony just annoucned the development of a new NXCAM HD camcorder with E mount (use of NEX lenses). Regular α lenses can also be used with an adapter. The camera will have 1080p (60p / 30p / 24p or 50p / 25p) recording modes and will be available in the middle of 2011. The recording format will […]

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